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Ghost towns in Germany
Germany has 44 ghost towns on Detourmap — ghost towns, abandoned settlements and industry left to rot. The best known is Neuenburg am Rhein. All of them are below.
- Ghost towns
- 44
- Of archaeological
- 44 of 462
- Little known
- 41 of 44
- Oldest
- Neuenburg am Rhein 1219
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1.Neuenburg am Rhein
Archaeological · 13th century · Renowned
Town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Questions about this page
How many ghost towns are there in Germany?
44 on this map, out of 462 archaeological & historic sites in Germany. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.
What is the best known ghost town in Germany?
Neuenburg am Rhein. Town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Which ghost towns in Germany are the least visited?
41 of the 44 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.
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